ILWIS 2.2 for Windows The Integrated Land and Water Information System Installation and New Functionality ILWIS Development, International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences Enschede, The Netherlands © ILWIS Development, ITC, October 1998 ITC The International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, Enschede, is the largest institute for international higher education in the Netherlands. Its main objective is to assist developing countries in human resources development in aerospace surveys, Remote Sensing applications, and the establishment of geoinformation systems and the management of geoinformation. To this end, ITC concentrates on three activities: education/training, research and advisory services. In-house expertise covers an extensive range of disciplines in the above fields. PCI-ILWIS Nederland B.V. ITC & the PCI Geomatics Group started a joint venture for the distribution of geomatics software solutions and training to developing nations. This partnership resulted in the official establishment of "PCI-ILWIS Nederland B.V." As of now you are welcome to contact the PCI-ILWIS Nederland B.V. for your ILWIS orders. Disclaimer The International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC) has carefully prepared and reviewed this document, the software and the data set on CD-ROM for accuracy. However, ITC takes no responsibility or liability for incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of this document, the software or the data on the accompanying CD-ROM and reserves the right to update, revise, or change this document or the data without notice. Proprietary Notice The information in this document is the sole property of the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC) and may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieved system, or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronically, photo copying or otherwise, without permission in writing from ITC. Contact addresses For general information about ILWIS, please contact: PCI-ILWIS Nederland B.V. P.O. Box 6, 7500 AA Enschede The Netherlands Mail wishes and suggestions to: [email protected] Tel. : +31-53-4 874 337 Mail bug reports to: [email protected] Fax : +31-53-4 874 484 Mail support questions to: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Tel. : +31-53-4 874 217 Web-Site: http://www.itc.nl/ilwis Fax : +31-53-4 874 484 Furthermore, you can subscribe yourself to the ILWIS discussion list. For more information, refer to our web pages. Authors and Acknowledgments The first chapter in this ILWIS 2.2 Guide briefly lists all new functionality in ILWIS 2.2 compared to ILWIS 2.1 This chapter is written by Wim Koolhoven. Chapter 2 in this ILWIS 2.2 Guide completely replaces the ILWIS 2.1 Installation Guide; the new Installation chapter is written by Willem Nieuwenhuis. Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in this ILWIS 2.2 Guide should be seen as a supplement to the ILWIS 2.1 Reference Guide. Only new or drastically changed Help texts as written by Petra Budde are included in this ILWIS 2.2 Guide. For other descriptions, please refer to the ILWIS 2.1 Reference Guide. Chapter 9 in this ILWIS 2.2 Guide contains two exercises, which can be seen as an extension of the ILWIS 2.1 User’s Guide. The exercises were written by Remco Dost, Hans de Brouwer and Jan Hendrikse. The methods and the data used in the exercises are the sole responsibility of the authors of the exercise. For questions and remarks concerning a case study, please contact the author. Technical proofreading is done by Wim Koolhoven and Petra Budde. This guide is compiled and edited by Willem Nieuwenhuis. The ILWIS software is designed by Wim Koolhoven and Jelle Wind. The entire ILWIS Development group responsible for the release of ILWIS 2.2 consists of: – Software Development: Jan Hendrikse, Wim Koolhoven, Willem Nieuwenhuis, Martin Schouwenburg, Dick Visser and Jelle Wind. – Testing and Support: Boudewijn van Leeuwen, Jelger Kooistra, and Guillermo Calderón, – Help and Documentation: Petra Budde and Willem Nieuwenhuis. Project Leader: Wim Koolhoven. We like to thank the alpha and beta testers both within and outside ITC who gave useful feedback to improve the software. Contents Preface .......................................................................................................... 9 1. ILWIS 2.2 new features .......................................................................... 13 1.1 Visualization and Annotation.................................................................................13 1.2 Referencing and Transformation...........................................................................13 1.3 Statistics ..............................................................................................................14 1.4 Other operations...................................................................................................15 1.5 Miscellaneous ......................................................................................................15 2. Installing ILWIS 2.2 ................................................................................ 17 2.1 The ILWIS 2.2 package and related services ........................................................17 2.1.1 The ILWIS 2.2 package.............................................................................17 2.1.2 Warranty...................................................................................................17 2.1.3 ILWIS hardware key..................................................................................17 2.1.4 Technical support and software maintenance ............................................18 2.2 Hardware and software requirements ...................................................................18 2.2.1 Minimum hardware and software requirements..........................................18 2.2.2 Recommended hardware and software requirements ................................18 2.2.3 Digitizers, printers and plotters .................................................................18 2.2.4 Display drivers ..........................................................................................19 2.2.5 Required hard disk space..........................................................................19 2.3 Installing ILWIS 2.2 ..............................................................................................19 2.3.1 Installation from CD-ROM .........................................................................19 2.3.2 Add components to the current installation ................................................21 2.3.3 Uninstalling the ILWIS 2.2 software ...........................................................22 2.3.4 After installation ........................................................................................22 2.3.5 Viewing ILWIS documentation PDF files .....................................................24 2.3.6 Installing the Adobe Acrobat PDF reader ....................................................24 2.4 Installation and configuration of digitizers..............................................................24 2.4.1 Set up your digitizer using a WinTab driver................................................25 2.4.2 Set up your digitizer manually....................................................................25 2.4.3 Settings for some widely available digitizers ..............................................27 2.5 Printer and plotter setup .......................................................................................31 3. ILWIS window types .............................................................................. 33 3.1 Main window ........................................................................................................33 3.1.1 Main window Menu commands .................................................................33 ILWIS 2.2 Guide 5 Contents 4. ILWIS objects ......................................................................................... 37 4.1 Data objects .........................................................................................................38 4.1.1 Raster maps ........................................................................................38 4.1.2 Polygon maps ......................................................................................41 4.1.3 Segment maps .....................................................................................44 4.1.4 Point maps ...........................................................................................47 4.1.5 Map lists ..............................................................................................51 4.2 Service objects.....................................................................................................53 4.2.1 Representations ...................................................................................53 4.2.2 Georeferences .....................................................................................57 4.2.3 Coordinate system ...............................................................................62 4.3 Annotation............................................................................................................70 4.3.1 Annotation Text ....................................................................................70 4.3.2 Simple Annotation.....................................................................................71 5. 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